Cy3 Rabbit anti- SLC25A12/ARALAR Polyclonal Antibody, Cy3 Conjugated [IgG]

AGC1; Araceli hiperlarga; ARALAR; ARALAR1; Calcium binding mitochondrial carrier superfamily member; Calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier protein Aralar1; CMC1_HUMAN; Mitochondrial aspartate glutamate carrier 1; SLC25A12; Solute carrier family 25 member 12; solute carrier family 25, member 12.

Calcium signaling in mitochondria is important in order for it to function in response to a variety of extracellular stimuli. Signaling begins with Ca(2+) entry in mitochondria via the Ca(2+) uniporter followed by Ca(2+) activation of three dehydrogenases in the mitochondrial matrix. ARALAR, the neuronal Ca(2+)-binding mitochondrial aspartate-glutamate carrier, has Ca(2+) binding domains facing the extramitochondrial space and functions in the malate-aspartate NADH shuttle (MAS). ARALAR is encoded by the SLC25A12 gene and is expressed in brain and skeletal muscle. ARALAR is required for the synthesis of brain aspartate and N-acetylaspartatemay and plays a role in myelin formation. It is also essential for the transmission of small Ca(2+) signals to mitochondria via an increase in mitochondrial NADH. In addition, ARALAR is implicated in conferring susceptibility to schizophrenia.